An educator, political and social figure, and intellectual whose diary of over 3,000 pages covers 45 turbulent years in Jerusalem and Palestine in the early 20th century
An educator and social worker who founded a school for destitute girls and was fondly recalled as the “patron of us poor people”
Jerusalem’s historian and defender of academic freedom, who fought to preserve the city’s diversity and plurality
Educator, warrior for women’s rights, founder of women’s organizations, and trailblazing political leader and activist
A physician and politician from Jerusalem who played a central role in the Palestinian nationalist movement and left a copious record of it all.
A prominent Ottoman politician who served as mayor of Jerusalem and Jerusalem representative and was a prolific writer, talented linguist, and scholar
A lifelong public servant who served as mayor and governor of Jerusalem, and held the latter post when East Jerusalem was occupied in 1967
Jerusalemite who dedicated his life to public service and strengthening the city, including as mayor 1957–67; popularly known as the “Amin of Jerusalem”